BTEC/T level/other vocational 25/26 - part 2

Well done to all the young people thriving. Lovely to read your stories ☺️

@Raven08… I wouldn’t sell my Dan Levy signed book if I had a gun to my head!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖

Oh, hurrah!!!!! 🥳 What excellent news!!! That’s thrilling! Well done! I hope he rightly proud of himself!! He has maybe “grown into” his course in confidence, and exert respect… finding his feet.

HIGH FIVE!!! 🤩🌟🤩

@Raven08 MAIN BLOODY ROAD!!! 🙄😹

@Raven08.. Well! My day yesterday turned weird when I raced to pick DS up after my day.. to find the main ruse closed and an hour round trip ended up with getting home at gone 10! Today been just as hectic and just finished now..

… How did the art thingie go?! is that locally? I pine for or old neighbourhood in London. I only remember the good parts! Like with summer coming up! Art thingy sounds fab, do I really hope it went well! And, 🤞🙏💖🤞 for her CV dropping off!! Gym is fab idea, too!! DS has changed his from here, to where his college is. Made perfect sense in September… doesn’t do much at weekends and now summer!! 🤯😹.. I’m sure things will start cropping up for her!

Ditto as to AH!! And. Noooooooooooooooo to what happened!!! No spoilers!! 😹!! To me, Rupert always will be blond!!!!!! 👱 sorry, Jilly!! ( RIP x). Apparently Fred Fred is getting voted top hunk!!!!!! Well…….?!🤷🏼‍♀️?! 😹?! ! x

Dd has dropped some CVs locally so🤞

Marvellous! Well done 👏

We’ve had some good news - ds achieved a merit in his Level 2 so now has an offer for level 3. It took him quite a while to get into the swing of it but he really took off with his final project and also started to ‘get’ that you have to put down all your thinking. He’s ASD so this is a struggle for him to see it from an examiners point of view

@LarkspurLane
Love schitts creek ☺️💙
I think wrt Rivals its the 80s nostalgia for me (and some hunky men...although I don't find AH attractive at all..)
As I suspected, dd is already bored and fed up.
I've booked us on an art thingy tomorrow.
I may suggest she joins a gym.
I can't be responsible for her days all summer 😪

Just a quickie until I get home as dumped DS off ( funny old thing,at his GF and they will “ walk to college”!) and saw yours……. YES to Rivals! And……. I can admit to my life size Dan Levy/ David Rose cardboard cut out which my best friend bought me …. 💖🥳💖🥳💖…. I simply love him!!!!! Yay to it being on iPlayer!!! 🥳🥳🥳…..

That's brilliant news.

It's such a shame that it's not paid but I guess if it's "training" they don't have to. Does that mean another year of child benefit for you at least?

DS is "finished", got his last assignment back so not been in this week. (He is meant to go in anyway but he assures me he's missing nothing). Says he'll go in to be social at some point.
Y1 has ended a bit of a damp squib in a way, I usually really look forward to school being out for summer.

Hope everyone else is ok.

Should I be watching Rivals? It does not appeal in any way (though I did read all the books years ago).

Schitts Creek has turned up on iplayer, for anyone who needs to hear that!

Oh, @TeenToTwenties, that’s is truly FABULOUS NEWS!! What an amazing “ foot in the door”! The experience she will get!! And that will absolutely add to building her confidence! I’m so excited for her- you! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟!
Brilliant news!!! x

ps.. @Raven08… whilst he’s faffing with his hair and stuff, I’m watching Rivals on my phone by the front door with trepidation……🙄🙀🙀🙀!! .. I thought I was on the latest Episode in bed last night after a three hour meeting, but I wasn’t! And now all I want to do is find out!!!! He’s clearly going to come down at the worst time! The naked photo of Maud just been found… so I guess you know where about I am! 😹😹😹x

I have good news too, sort of.
DD is finishing up her placement for her Supported Internship, but has arranged to stay on for another year part time as an official 'Horticulture Student'. She will get training from a good 'name' in horticulture, and has consistent plans for a year.
So no college, or maths or English alongside, just this.
Going to spend some time over the summer seeing if we can get her confident with the bus so we don't always have to drop her at 7.30am.

(The 'sort of' is it is still not paid work, but we can't have everything I guess.)

Well!! It’s DS’s “ day off” and he’s asked to go in…. But not in the bus!…. So, that’s good.. not the schlepping him in part, but hopefully I’ll get some info as to what is happening for the next few weeks!! 😹

Happy Mid- Week Wednesday, everyone! 🌟🤩

Great news x

Bless her. Yes, you’re probably right… so, how fabulous it has turned out like this! And, I love the phrase “ you are only as happy as your unhappiest child”!

So, thankfully she’s so happy!!

Thanks @Sisublondie 🙂 . I think she must of been thinking about it for some time and she was worried about telling me. But all you want is for your children to be happy so 1000 percent pleased for her.

WOW!!!! Congratulations!!! 🥂 Oh, how perfect! That must be so relieving for you, and how great for her!

Yes, you are so right, it’s rare to love what you do!

Very well done! 🌟🌟🌟

Hi was on an old thread but have just found this one. My daughter did Level 2 Health & Social Care and did really well and got a Distinction which was enough to progress to level 3. She has come to the end of year 1 of level 3 but and this is a big change. She came to me and said she does not want to do this any more. She does not want to be a nurse etc etc. It helped that they had work experience placements she had to do for this course so she got a feel for what she does and doesn’t want. So she told me she really loves her job , she works in hairdressers as Saturday girl and other hours when needed. She really does love it, loves cleaning etc etc. Anyway within a day of telling me this she has sorted an apprenticeship with her boss and submitted an application to train in hairdressing. Proud of her to say the least. Who can say they love their job. I can’t believe it’s all happened so fast. Happy that she is happy.

Well, this is a parody of scary movies!! So, you know, the parts your roll your eyes at and shout at the TV in horror movies ( well, if you watched them!😹!)…… like the blonde girl with a large chest who is scared in a house will run upstairs as oppose to legging it out of the front door…..it takes the mick out of all the usuals.. So, no horror!

Noooooooo as to the Rivals finale!! I haven’t seen it yet and I didn’t realise! OMG, please not Fred-Fred !! 🙀! I don’t think I’ll be happy with anyone getting bumped off! Like you! I’ve been loving it, haven’t you?! Easier times!

Oh, I know what you mean.. re small place. Mine doesn’t even qualify as a village… technically a hamlet, I guess. Nearest civilisation is a small town about ten minutes away. Blessed to have the pub, as don’t even have a shop! More opportunities in the larger town where DS’s college is, his GF volunteers at a homeless charity, but not looked work wise yet.

I hope your DD gets something positive out of the week!
DS doesn’t have to go in until after lunch tomorrow, as no English now! Hope your Monday goes well! 💖

@Sisublondie
😃
I ended up staying in last night and getting furious at the finale of Rivals (they killed off a character)
Dd is going into college on Friday for a charity thing, I assume she'll talk to the careers office then.
We live in a small place , very few work opportunities, sadly 😕
Scary movie? Oh, I'm so bad with jump scares 😱

@Raven08.. Thst’s so rubbish they’ve dropped weekend staff…. How about any local pubs? Can’t they start work there pre-18? We have a cool one ( well, only one!) abd they can start at 16 serving, waiting tables etc, but obvs not alcohol. I don’t imagine your DD would fancy “potwash”!! I can’t think of anything worse! So, when does she finish work?

I hope her college has a good careers office. Does she have an idea of what she wants to do after her course? It seems so far away! But, I’m thinking back to DS19 ( and you, I guess, will know with older DD!), but thinking of Unis this time in A level equivalent. Mind you, you are doing open days!! What are they for?!

I had funny time last night. I’d mentally prepared myself for a chilled eve.. to catch up on stuff that I’m juggling between my Mum’s and here, I constantly feel I’m not succeeding at either place and dropping balls all over…… do, replying to friends emiails, and stuff. .. DS reminded me he’d bought cinema tickets weeks ago and I said I’d take him and his gf. Fine. Wasn’t really feeling the love, but, anyway. I saw his tickets.. not the nearest cinema but essentially on a shopping complex the other side of the nearest city, practically in the next one! His face 🙀! Bless! So, it was too far to go and come back, so I went and watched the only one with a spare seat on a rammed Saturday night… front row seat to Scary Movie 🍿 6! 😹😹😹

Hope you’re having a good one!!!

Yeah. I feel for young people atm.
Dd is working today but not for much longer 😕
She went to the cafe she did some shifts in last year but they have dropped weekend wait staff.
She's not 18 yet, so bar work is out.
Shes going to make an appointment with the college careers people

How’s it all going, now? Any more structure or plans in place for the rest of term?!